With rising stress levels and erratic lifestyle playing havoc with health, a new study has found that more than half the population over the age of 40 suffers from metabolic syndrome, a condition
Backed by its five-decade-old specialisation in treating diabetes, M V Hospital for Diabetes, Chennai, plans to set up 20 comprehensive clinics across the country to tackle the "lifestyle' disease,
Expert bodies and health organisations recommend that adults undertake at least 150 min.week of moderate-intensity physical activity (MPA). However, the underpinning data largely emanate from studies of
<p>The prevalence of overweight among Swedish young adults has nearly doubled since the 1980s. The weight increase has been paralleled by the increased use of computers at work, at school, and at leisure
<p>The obesity epidemic is spreading to low-income and middle-income countries as a result of new dietary habits and sedentary ways of life, fuelling chronic diseases and premature mortality. In this report
Childhood obesity in China has "exploded" over the last 30 years as the country adopts Western lifestyle habits. Research shows obesity rates have risen by 17% in boys and 9% in girls since 1985. This
The statistics are grimly familiar. According to the latest National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, every other child in the USA now has a body-mass index (BMI) at or above the 85th centile on age-specific national growth charts for ideal weight gain.
The soaring incidence of diabetes is driving the United Arab Emirates’ science ambitions. (Editorial)
The tummy, they say, is a mirror of emotions. A stick of a girl in the outpatients department of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, has a stomach issue. In that crowded OPD, where everybody befriends everybody to while away the waiting hours, she sits like a zombie, eyes fixed on the ground. Her parents don't quite know why she gets those excruciating bellyaches.
Children prefer snacking on chips, burgers, noodles, pasta, samosas and other junk foods being sold in schools canteens, leading to lifestyle diseases, an ASSOCHAM survey has found. Releasing the survey,
Comprehensive lifestyle changes including a better diet and more exercise can lead not only to a better physique, but also to swift and dramatic changes at the genetic level, US researchers said. In a small study, the researchers tracked 30 men with low-risk prostate cancer who decided against conventional medical treatment such as surgery and radiation or hormone therapy.
Study Finds Link Between Exposure To Surrogate Advertisements, Consumption Surrogate tobacco ads are now luring India's young
MUMBAI: The average age of women suffering from lifestyle diseases is fast declining. While problems like heart attacks, diabetes, hypertension, obesity and thyroid earlier seemed to set after 40 years in women, the average age can be pegged to 30 years and above these days. A fast-paced life, junk food consumption, lack of exercise and stress is laying the city women low. While hypertension and heart attacks are known evils, thyroid-related problems and obesity are fast emerging as widespread epidemics, say doctors.
<p>This new report published in the journal “ Lancet” says that the future of children around the world including India, is being threatened by ecological degradation and climate change and exploitative marketing practices that push heavily processed fast food, sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco at children.</p>
<p> </p> <p> <title></title> </p> <p> For the last two years, Sanjana Arora, 23, hasn’t eaten out. Period. She hasn’t tasted Coke or pizza, pasta or dal makhni, snacks from street
<p>The aim of this study was to examine cross-sectional associations between objectively measured sedentary time and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-assessed adiposity in a population at high risk for
<p> Morbidity and its treatment can be potentially burdensome or even catastrophic for poor households. While public policy has shown some response to this phenomenon, there is scope for improvement
The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data
<p>Meditators say their practice fundamentally changes the way they experience life. Michael Baime reports on how modern neuroscience is explaining this in biological terms.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~britta/SUN_July11_Baime.pdf"
New Delhi: Here’s a word of caution for those who pop vitamin pills with or without doctor’s advice. The pills, often prescribed as a dietary supplement, have been found to play no role in preventing heart risk in an international study published in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Its efficacy in making up for lack of nutritions, in case of unhealthy eating habits, has also come under question. The multivitamin market in India is estimated to be valued at Rs 3,000 crore. Experts say it mainly targets urban consumers, who are becoming increasingly aware of health issues and take these pills to beat their stressful lifestyle, pollution and digestive complaints. Many people take them to reduce the risk of heart diseases and cancer.
